{"id":13833,"date":"2011-07-22T10:37:40","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T14:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=13833"},"modified":"2011-07-22T10:37:40","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T14:37:40","slug":"honey-face-wash-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2011\/07\/honey-face-wash-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Honey Face Wash Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/honey_spoon.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13835\" title=\"Honey spoon \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/honey_spoon-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/honey_spoon-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/honey_spoon.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Along with incorporating real whole foods into my diet, I also have started researching how to incorporate that into my skin as well.<\/p>\n<p>Confused?<\/p>\n<p>We are what we eat, in more ways than one.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not only important what we choose to feed ourselves but it&#8217;s also important how we choose to feed and nourish our skin.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve started looking more into natural skin care and beauty products because if I&#8217;m not going to eat chemicals and hormones, why would I put that on my body?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll have another post detailing how I got to this point and what it means to me.\u00a0 For now we need to talk about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchybetty.com\/honey-challenge\" target=\"_blank\">Honey Face Wash Challenge<\/a> that I&#8217;ve signed on to do at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchybetty.com\" target=\"_blank\">Crunchy Betty&#8217;s.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her blog is my current obsession.\u00a0 For those of us just starting out and dipping our toes into the all natural skin care world, it&#8217;s a HUGE resource of information, tips, and recipes. Plus the author actually takes time to respond to comments and tweets, which is a plus!<\/p>\n<p>In my research for an all natural face wash, I was put off by most of the recipes for several reasons.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Everything had to be surgical sterile that was used to create the face wash.<\/li>\n<li>It only made enough to last a few days.<\/li>\n<li>You had to keep it in the fridge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Okay, no, no, and no.\u00a0 At this stage of the game I really don&#8217;t want to have to prep my kitchen like I&#8217;m going to preform brain surgery just for something to wash my face.\u00a0 If I make something, I want a huge batch of it. Keeping it in the fridge is annoying because that means I would have to remember to pull it out and take it up to the shower with me.<\/p>\n<p>The chances of me forgetting to do that are high.<\/p>\n<p>Then I stumbled onto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchybetty.com\/honey-challenge\" target=\"_blank\">Crunchy Betty&#8217;s challenge<\/a> and fell in love.\u00a0 Hard.<\/p>\n<p>All you need is honey and water.\u00a0 No sterile equipment, no small batches, and no need to keep it in the fridge.\u00a0 In fact it can stay in the bathroom!<\/p>\n<p>Hooray!<\/p>\n<p>It could not be easier either:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Put honey on face.<\/li>\n<li>Rinse off with water.<\/li>\n<li>Done.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I am in! So I signed up for her two week challenge.\u00a0 I was two days behind when I signed up but I&#8217;ll make those up at the end.\u00a0 I took a before picture for recording purposes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/me_honeychallenge_before.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13834\" title=\"Me, fresh outta the shower\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/me_honeychallenge_before-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/me_honeychallenge_before-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/me_honeychallenge_before-449x300.jpg 449w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/me_honeychallenge_before.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fresh outta the shower and no makeup on (You&#8217;ve seen me like this before, all racing photos of me are makeup free). Honestly this is how I look most of the time.\u00a0 Makeup is a pain and I dislike wearing it.\u00a0 I only wear it for functions and if I&#8217;m out to dinner, for example.\u00a0 Otherwise this is standard Andrea right here.<\/p>\n<p>Now I will say that this isn&#8217;t a &#8220;true&#8221; before picture because at this point I had used the honey twice on my face already for a wash.<\/p>\n<p>It was amazing!\u00a0 I can&#8217;t even believe how awesome it was.\u00a0 Please follow the link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchybetty.com\/honey-challenge\" target=\"_blank\">Betty&#8217;s<\/a> so you can read all about the challenge and learn about honey.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll need raw honey for this challenge and you can find that at your local health food store or your local farmer&#8217;s market.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m prone to breakouts either when I&#8217;m stressed or when it&#8217;s around my period (we&#8217;re all adults, you can handle the talk).\u00a0 If both happen at the same time, watch out!\u00a0 At 34, I have to tell you that I&#8217;m tired of dealing with pimples.\u00a0 Honey is supposed to help with this.<\/p>\n<p>Only after two washes I can tell that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My skin was tighter and fresher looking.<\/li>\n<li>My skin tone was evened out.<\/li>\n<li>My skin was very soft.<\/li>\n<li>Oil was under control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have &#8220;oily&#8221; skin but I do have skin that is naturally oily.\u00a0 Meaning, it&#8217;s got plenty of good oil without being too much.<\/p>\n<p>I like to leave the honey on for a few minutes before washing off.\u00a0 When I use this, my skin feels the cleanest it&#8217;s ever felt. My $30 face wash that I had been using doesn&#8217;t even come close.<\/p>\n<p>For right now, this is to be used only on skin that doesn&#8217;t have makeup on it.\u00a0 So probably your first wash of the day.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t wear makeup anyway, (like me, most times I do not), you can wash twice a day with it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So what do you think? You want to take <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchybetty.com\/honey-challenge\" target=\"_blank\">the challenge<\/a> with me? Can&#8217;t hurt to try something new, right?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Along with incorporating real whole foods into my diet, I also have started researching how to incorporate that into my skin as well. Confused? 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